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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 22:55:10 JST 翠星石

   • Ludovic Courtès
   @civodul >So nonfree it doesn't even show anything unless you execute proprietary software.
   https://web.archive.org/web/20141223014249if_/http://reagle.org:80/joseph/2012/fas/free-as-in-sexist.html
   
   The article appears to be mostly about projects that seem to use an "open source" development model, but are in fact proprietary software, so it doesn't seem to be about free software.
   
   Wikipedia is no longer about free software sadly, even though that is why it exists.
   
   
   When it comes to free software projects, nobody can possibly know if you are a man or a woman unless you tell them and nobody cares either - the freedom of the software is what's important.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 20:24:53 JST 翠星石

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     • Ludovic Courtès
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     @gugurumbe @civodul The solution is clearly not to use your real name in emails then - there is no need to manage a separate identity - you just have an email that doesn't contain your name.
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     Post-Release Administrivia (gugurumbe@mastouille.fr)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 20:24:55 JST Post-Release Administrivia

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     • Ludovic Courtès

     @Suiseiseki @civodul “When it comes to free software projects, nobody can possibly know if you are a man or a woman unless you tell them and nobody cares either”
     Sometimes the “you tell them” part is triggered if you’re using your real-life name in e-mails. I happen to do that, because managing a separate identity irritates me, and some people do definitely care.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 20:27:42 JST 翠星石

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     • Ludovic Courtès
     @civodul Enjoying freedom is not abuse.
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     Ludovic Courtès (civodul@toot.aquilenet.fr)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 20:27:43 JST Ludovic Courtès

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     @Suiseiseki Two things:

     1. The article is visible without JS.
     2. Your post illustrates the “argumentative style” and abuse of the “rhetoric of freedom”.